There's a new comment from the Longmont Times-Call's editorial page on Nov 11 regarding the potential $6 million "quiet zone" project the city could consider to muffle the train horns in town. Back on October 31 I suggested tapping into the now-voter-approved public safety tax to fund it; their opinion is that to do so would introduce a less safe scenario. Tell that to my readers who check out this blog at 1:00 AM when the train wakes them up.
To get a sense of the area that is (subjectively speaking) impacted by the noise of trains going through town, check out the info on www.wrongmont.com, a decidedly upset-with-Longmont website. There's also a lot of info on creating a new County and getting Longmont out of Boulder County.
Anyone know more about the Wrongmont site? I can't find any contact info, although there's a link to donate to the cause.
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Are there really readers of this blog who get woken up by trains in Longmont at 1:00 AM? If so, are these readers 120 years old, or is it possible that the railroad was there before them?
The linked editorial reads that the quiet zone might, not will, be less safe. That seems reasonable, since at this point all that’s been mentioned in this blog is a nuisance issue, not a safety problem. I thought Longmont voters approved a tax for safety.
Wrongmont is maintained by airport guy Chris Rodrieguez
Actually I have lately. Never been a problem in the last 16 years I've been here. I was wondering if Longmont did something to upset the railways. Seems, late, often, and excessively long. I was wondering if the rail operators are trying to send a "message" to someone to stop doing something. Any ideas?
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